Saskatchewan moving to 100% high-speed access (CBC)

[Drew Wilson]

As part of a $129-million plan, the Saskatchewan government has pledged to make high-speed internet accessible to everyone in the province within three years.

Premier Brad Wall, who made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday morning, likened the plan to the "last spike" when the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed.

To make it happen, the government is giving $90 million to the Crown-owned phone company, SaskTel for a program to improve rural telecommunications infrastructure.

Currently, about 86 per cent of the population has access to high-speed internet. SaskTel plans to get to 100 per cent through a combination of wireless and satellite technology.

More... (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/26/internet-access.html)

The move will mean that CheapPrick can be on ZeroPaid no matter where he goes in the province. No word yet on how he is responding to the news.

[mountain_rage]

This is why I hate conservatives, we had a public telephone company in Manitoba, and Garry Filmon sold it off. As usual the conservative platform promised not to sell the utility, but they did anyway. If it were not for that sellout, Manitoba would probably be set to compete with Saskatchewan and have a more robust internet, at a cheaper price than what is currently offered.

[cheapprick]

It's a conservative government in Saskatchewan right now. The NDP were outed after... 15 years? Bastard tories.

Anyway. There isn't much surprising about this story. Saskatchewan has always been on the cutting edge of technology.